Should you launch a minimum viable product or wait until it is truly ready?

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Rich Dad · Accepted Answer

Perfection is just fear wearing a fancy suit.
Launch the MVP. Yesterday. The market doesn’t pay you for polish — it pays you for solving a painful problem. An MVP is not a crappy product; it’s the fastest possible version that delivers real value and gets real money or real feedback. Speed is a competitive advantage. While you're “perfecting,” someone else is collecting customers.
Business is a conversation with the market, not a monologue in your head. Ship it, measure it, improve it. Iteration beats imagination. If you wait until it feels safe, you’ve already missed the opportunity window.
Build fast. Learn faster. Scale hardest.

Poor Dad · Answer

You only get one first impression — don’t ruin it.
Be careful about launching something half-baked. Reputation matters, especially early on. If customers try your product and it feels incomplete or unreliable, they may never come back. Think about long-term trust, not just speed. Stability and quality create sustainable businesses.
That said, “ready” doesn’t mean perfect. It means tested, functional, and reliable. Do small controlled trials, gather feedback quietly, and refine before going wide. Protect your name — it’s harder to rebuild credibility than to delay a launch.
Slow and steady can still win the race.

Should you launch a minimum viable product or wait until it is truly ready?

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